- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- February 2, 1929
- Place of Birth
- Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
- Died
- March 12, 2014
Věra Chytilová
Věra Chytilová (February 2, 1929 – March 12, 2014) was an avant-garde Czech film director and pioneer of Czech cinema. At the age of 28 she was accepted into the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU). While attending FAMU she studied underneath renowned film director Otakar Vavra, graduating in 1962. Chytilová is best known for her once highly controversial film Sedmikrásky (Daisies) – (1966). Daisies is known for its un-sympathetic characters, lack of a continuous narrative and abrupt visual style. Chytilová states that she structured Daisies to “restrict [the spectator’s] feeling of involvement and lead him to an understanding of the underlying idea or philosophy”. The film was banned within Czechoslovakia upon its initial release in 1966 until 1967, but in 1966 the film won the Grand Prix at the Bergamo Film Festival in Italy. After Daisies the govern…
Filmography
movieCzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018 · Self
movieTo Make a Comedy Is No Fun
2016 · Self
Naughty Young People: Chytilová, Kučera, Krumbachová
movieNaughty Young People: Chytilová, Kučera, Krumbachová
2012
Golden Sixties
tvGolden Sixties
2009 · Self
Troublemakers
movieTroublemakers
2007 · Director, Screenplay, Story
moviePleasant Moments
2006 · Director, Writer
movieSearching for Ester
2005 · Herself, Director
movieJourney: Portrait of Věra Chytilová
2004 · Herself
Trója v proměnách času
movieTrója v proměnách času
2003 · Story, Screenplay, Director
movieExpulsion from Paradise
2001 · Director, Screenplay
Flights and Falls
tvFlights and Falls
2000 · Screenplay, Story, Director
movieTraps
1998 · Director, Story, Screenplay
GENUS
tvGENUS
1995 · Director, Writer
Kam panenky...
movieKam panenky...
1993 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieThe Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday
1992 · Director, Screenplay
movieMy Pragues Understand Me
1991 · Director, Screenplay, Story
TGM the Liberator
movieTGM the Liberator
1990 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieA Hoof Here, a Hoof There
1989 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Jester and the Queen
1988 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieWolf's Hole
1987 · Director, Screenplay
Prague – The Restless Heart of Europe
moviePrague – The Restless Heart of Europe
1985 · Story, Director, Screenplay
movieThe Very Late Afternoon of a Faun
1984 · , Director, Screenplay
movieCalamity
1982 · Director, Screenplay
moviePanelstory or Birth of a Community
1981 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieChytilová Versus Forman
1981 · Self, Director, Scenario Writer
Time is inexorable
movieTime is inexorable
1978 · Story, Director, Screenplay
movieThe Apple Game
1978 · Director, Story, Screenplay
Comrades
movieComrades
1971 · Director, Screenplay
movieFruit of Paradise
1970 · Director, Screenplay
moviePravda
1970 · Self (uncredited)
movieSeven Days to Remember
1968 · Cinematography
movieDaisies
1966 · Director, Screenplay, Story
An Occasion to Speak
movieAn Occasion to Speak
1966 · Self
moviePearls of the Deep
1966 · Director, Screenplay
movieSomething Different
1963 · Story, Screenplay, Director
movieA Bagful of Fleas
1963 · Story, Screenplay, Director
Green Street
movieGreen Street
1962 · Commentary (voice), Story, Director, Screenplay
movieCeiling
1962 · Model (voice), Story, Screenplay, Director
movieCaterwauling
1960 · Cat (voice), Screenplay, Director
movieLost Children
1957 · Assistant Director
movieKonec jasnovidce
1957
movieHudba z Marsu
1955 · Clapper Loader
movieSeverní přístav
1954 · Clapper Loader
movieThe Emperor and the Golem
1951 · First Handmaiden
Peaches
moviePeaches
— · Original Film Writer